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• Postal Service to cut Saturday mail to trim costs

  February 6, 2013 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Apparently trying an end-run around an unaccommodating Congress, the financially struggling U.S. Postal Service says it will stop delivering mail on Saturdays but continue to disburse packages … 34

• Social Security fast-tracks rare-disease claims

  December 5, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — In an effort to ease the burden of being stricken with a debilitating condition, the Social Security Administration is expanding a program that fast-tracks disability claims by …

• LA ports reopen after crippling 8-day strike ends

  December 5, 2012 in Nation/World LOS ANGELES (AP) — Port clerks returned to work Wednesday, jubilant in the knowledge that an eight-day strike that paralyzed the nation’s busiest shipping complex had won them — at …

• More American workers to pick their insurance

  November 15, 2012 in Nation/World For some American workers, picking the right health insurance is becoming more like hunting for the perfect business suit: It takes some shopping around to find a good fit and …

• Millions in SF health fees don’t go to workers

  September 8, 2012 in Health SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Restaurants and other businesses in this food-loving tourist mecca collected almost $14 million dollars in extra fees last year from their patrons, as they sought to …

• City Hall union offers to freeze pay

  December 1, 2011 in City on Page A1 The leadership of Spokane City Hall’s largest labor union has made an offer that normally might be hard to refuse: Three years of frozen pay levels. But it would leave … 54

• Business Is Going To The Dogs More Companies Are Lending A Hand To Help Employees Care For Their Pets

  February 2, 1997 in Nation/World on Page A18 1. Patagonia executive Roger McDivitt plays with his dog Tonka outside of Patagonia offices in Ventura, Calif. 2. Chelsea, a weimaraner, keeps watch while her owner, Cindy Brogan tends to …

• Potlatch Workers Reject Proposal For Changes To Medical Benefits

  October 13, 1996 in Idaho on Page B3 Union workers at Potlatch Corp. are standing united against the company’s proposed changes to their medical benefits. More than 80 percent of 1,150 United Paperworkers International Union members in the …

• Freebies For Workers Give Companies A Way To Promote Products Handouts Also Help To Build Esprit De Corps Among Employees

  August 11, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A17 When Blue Bell Creameries advertises, “We eat all we can, and we sell the rest,” it’s not kidding. Employees of Brenham, Texas-based Blue Bell are encouraged to eat as much …